Feltham scrutiny visit 2021
Summary
HMYOI Feltham A is an establishment in West London that holds children aged 15 to 18. It is jointly managed with an adjacent establishment, Feltham B, which holds young adults. At the time of our last full inspection of Feltham A in July 2019, outcomes for children had declined dramatically and we considered them to be poor, our lowest judgement, in three of our four tests of a healthy establishment. This decline was so acute that my predecessor invoked the Urgent Notification (UN) process for the first time in an establishment holding children. The COVID-19 pandemic emerged eight months later, and managers had to implement restrictions to keep staff and children safe. At this visit we found that these restrictions had been implemented appropriately and despite a significant outbreak of COVID-19 among staff, the establishment had experienced very few cases among children.